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Neil got the 11" iPad Pro with gigabit internet through his ISP. But he's only getting about 850 of that down. Leo says that's normal. There's "overhead" related to using that much bandwidth, so he's not going to get all of it.

Mikah loves to channel surf but he finds that after cutting the cord, he can't do that with DirecTV Now. Rich says that's because of buffering. It does work, but it's very slow and they aren't designed to surf. It's designed for use with the channel guide. He can find the show he wants and then load it up.

Roger is a cord cutter, who uses an antenna to watch live television. He's just at the edge of the range and sometimes the signal drops out. He decided to go with DirecTV Now and there's still no local channels. Leo says it depends on where he is. Roger's DSL line shows that he's 75 miles away from he actually is, and so DirecTV Now won't give him local channels. Leo says IP Geo location is notoriously inaccurate, at most a best guess. Leo says that AT&T needs to fix that, because they're using a lousy IP location service.

Doctor Bird is interested in virtual reality, but he thinks he'd get sick. Leo says it's pretty common and he'll end up disoriented. In fact, the Air Force found that about 11% of users suffer from VR sim sickness and shouldn't drive up to 24 hours after VR use.

Rich says that the most popular question he gets these days is on how to cut the cord and get rid of your cable or satellite connection. That shows a serious trend — 22 million cord cutters and 34 million "cord nevers." But it's also far more complicated and you really don't save any money by doing it. Live and local channels is also still a challenge, and there are multiple services:

Dick is thinking about cutting the cable. Leo says that cutting the cable may be more convenient, but it doesn't really save him money if he's streaming television. He'll end up paying more for his internet access and premium streaming services.